diff --git a/desktop/inc/app.hxx b/desktop/inc/app.hxx
index 9d6ac9864a52..0c96240f1b0d 100644
--- a/desktop/inc/app.hxx
+++ b/desktop/inc/app.hxx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Desktop final : public Application
 
                                 Desktop();
                                 virtual ~Desktop() override;
-        virtual int             Main( ) override;
+        virtual int             Main() override;
         virtual void            Init() override;
         virtual void            InitFinished() override;
         virtual void            DeInit() override;
diff --git a/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx b/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
index cac261e9bcac..52057cd2645d 100644
--- a/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
@@ -7509,6 +7509,9 @@ static void preloadData()
     if(bAbort)
         std::cerr << "CheckExtensionDependencies failed" << std::endl;
 
+    // inhibit forced 2nd synchronization from Main
+    ::rtl::Bootstrap::set( "DISABLE_EXTENSION_SYNCHRONIZATION", "true");
+
     std::cerr << "Preload textencodings"; // sal_textenc
     // Use RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 to trigger Impl_getTextEncodingData
     // to dlopen sal_textenclo